Growing mushrooms is a multi-year journey. We have been inoculating mushroom logs on the farm for the past three springs and last fall we began to see the fruits of our labor. Growing mushrooms on logs is a slow process (it takes about a year and a half to two years from inoculation to the first fruit) but if the logs are kept in a damp and shaded spot, they can produce mushrooms for over 5 years.

Spring has fully spring here in Vermont as as the last frosts happen here in the Champlain Valley, it is time for home gardeners to start planting in earnest. In anticipation of the second week of the seedling sale happening, Farmer Jane put together some quick tips on taking care of your new seedlings.